A 90-year-old Army veteran living at the Southern Nevada State Veterans home died this week from COVID-19 complications after being discharged from a local hospital.
Briana Erickson
Reporter: Homeless and veterans issues
Email: berickson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-5244
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Briana Erickson covers homeless and veterans’ issues for the Review-Journal. A proud “Florida Woman” living in the desert, she centers her reporting around people living in the shadows.
Before joining the Review-Journal in 2017, the University of Florida graduate wrote for the North Central Florida NPR affiliate and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She was named College Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Ebone Whitaker, the driver of the SUV that fatally struck two 16-year-old Las Vegas girls in a crosswalk, will serve between 10 to 25 years in prison.
A union has settled a complaint filed against it by Las Vegas security guards who claimed dues were unlawfully seized from their paychecks.
Three Vietnam War veterans from Las Vegas say the draft should be abolished. Their book, “Last Draftees,” was released last month.
The Southern Nevada Youth Homeless Summit kicked off Friday morning with the stories and experiences of four formerly homeless youth dealing with the impacts of COVID-19.
The Clark County District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute the two photojournalists who were arrested in May while covering a Black Lives Matter protest on the Strip.
A Las Vegas veteran honors Veterans Day this year by sharing his photos from the Gulf War and commemorating its 30th anniversary.
Judge William “Bill” Kephart, a longtime judge and incumbent in District Court Department 19 in Clark County, could lose his seat — but there are still thousands of election ballots left to be counted.
Eight alleged associates of the Pomona Sur Lokotes drug trafficking organization are accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Las Vegas.
Preliminary election results in Clark County showed two incumbents in District Court trailing their opponents on Wednesday and another incumbent locked in a tight race.
The Clark County district attorney’s office voluntarily dismissed a murder complaint against an Army veteran after a “full review of all the facts and circumstances.”
The Alpine Motel Apartments owner, Adolfo Orozco, and manager, Malinda Mier, face one count of manslaughter for each of the victims along with other charges.
The father accused of throwing his nearly 2-month-old infant 22 feet to her death was still in custody at the psychiatric ward at the Clark County Detention Center on Tuesday.
A Pahrump man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for fatally beating and stabbing his mother in a 2018 attack carried out with his adopted brother.
The family of a 44-year-old man who was fatally shot by Las Vegas police while holding a homemade plastic sword has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department.
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